Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Anchorage

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the spring and early summer.

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * High in Vitamins! * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use.

Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the gelatinous, moisture-retaining qualities of the seed which make it useful in baking and in clothing the American...

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It was an All American winner in 1964. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

It is used in Italian, Portuguese (Catarino bean), Turkish, and Greek cuisine. * The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry...

* Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * This species is closely related to P. Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem.

The woodland strawberry was first cultivated in ancient Persia where farmers knew the fruit as Toot Farangi. A vigorous plant, spreading rapidly by means of runners. * Prefers a fertile, well-drained, moisture retentive soil in a sunny position.

It works by doubling the chromosome number. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter...

This plant is used as fodder and forage , and it also used for erosion control or revegetation . * Poa palustris ( fowl bluegrass , fowl meadowgrass , swamp meadowgrass , woodland bluegrass ) is a species of grass native to Asia , Europe and Northern...

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

Shade tolerant and sod forming. It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals. * A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover.

GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! * These have the genetic potential to be GIANT. If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc.

Cimicifuga racemosa) is a species of flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae. * Native Americans used black cohosh to treat gynecological and other disorders, including sore throats, kidney problems, and depression.

* The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping. * Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground.

* Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation in parts of Europe as a wash for tired eyes. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north.

It also makes and excellent cover crop. Added to salads or used as a potherb. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

* Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation in parts of Europe as a wash for tired eyes. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north.

Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. Thrives in the light shade of trees. * Easily grown in a stony leafy soil in sun or shade.

* The flower heads are 8-12 inches in diameter and are very showy. * The flower heads dry well and the plant will self seed if the flowers heads are left in the garden. * This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by...

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Prefers well-drained soil. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Use for border garden.

The plant becomes brown in fall. * Purpletop ( Tridens flavus ), also Red Top and Greasegrass , is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass, native to North America. Tall perennial grass with drooping branches bearing widely spaced reddish-purple spikelets.

The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. The seeds mature from August to September. The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm.

In the northern part of its range, which includes southern British Columbia, extreme southwestern Alberta, Washington, Oregon and east to Montana, Wyoming and northern Colorado, it often grows under Douglas-fir.

* Blue-joint grass stands up well in winter. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence. The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season.